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Ingestive Behavior of Young Lambs on Contrasting Tropical Grass Sward Heights

Frontiers in Veterinary Science, 2020
The efficiency of grazing ruminant production systems is directly associated to the animals' ingestive behavior, and to structural characteristics of the pastures.
Joseane Anjos da Silva, Cesar Henrique Espirito Candal Poli, Jalise Fabíola Tontini, Lívia Raymundo Irigoyen, Elisa Cristina Modesto, Juan Jose Villalba   +5 more
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Suitable grazing during the regrowth period promotes plant diversity in winter pastures in the Qinghai-Tibetan plateau

Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution, 2022
Vegetation is a crucial component of any ecosystem and to preserve the health and stability of grassland ecosystems, species diversity is important. The primary form of grassland use globally is livestock grazing, hence many studies focus on how plant ...
Wanrong Wei, Yan Zhang, Yan Zhang, Zhongmin Tang, Shenghui An, Qiaoyan Zhen, Mingsen Qin, Jundong He, Jundong He, Maria K. Oosthuizen, Maria K. Oosthuizen   +10 more
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Ingestive behavior of hoggets given different types of supplement on ryegrass pasture

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2014
The ingestive behavior of hoggets was assessed under intermittent grazing method with three days of paddock occupation. These animals remained exclusively on Italian ryegrass (Lolium multiflorum Lam) pasture or on ryegrass pasture and receiving 1.2% of ...
Sheila Cristina Bosco Stivanin, Marta Gomes da Rocha, Luciana Pötter, Viviane da Silva Hampel, Renata Aqel de Oliveira, Tuani Lopes Bergoli   +5 more
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Sward structural characteristics and ingestive behaviour of beef heifers in a Pearl Millet pasture Características estruturais do pasto e comportamento ingestivo de novilhas de corte em pastagem de milheto

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2009
Ingestive behaviour of beef heifers and sward structural characteristics of Pearl Millet (Pennisetum americanum (L.) Leeke) were evaluated. The experiment was carried out in a randomized complete design following a repeated measure arrangement (three ...
Denise Baptaglin Montagner, Marta Gomes da Rocha, Teresa Cristina Moraes Genro, Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadros, Juliano Roman, Dalton Roso   +5 more
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Canopy characteristics and behavior of Nellore heifers in Brachiaria brizantha pastures under different grazing heights at a continuous stocking rate

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011
The objective of this study was to evaluate the Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu canopy structure maintained at different grazing heights under a continuous stocking rate and with a dietary supplementation strategy for the animals during the rainy season.
Daniel Rume Casagrande, Mariana Vieira Azenha, André Luis da Silva Valente, Bruno Ramalho Vieira, Matheus Henrique Moretti, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Telma Teresinha Berchielli, Ricardo Andrade Reis   +7 more
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Canopy characteristics, animal behavior and forage intake by goats grazing on Tanzania-grass pasture with different heights - doi: 10.4025/actascianimsci.v34i4.14544

Acta Scientiarum: Animal Sciences, 2012
This study evaluated the influence of Tanzania-grass sward height (30, 50, 70 and 90 cm) on the morphological characteristics of the canopy, grazing behavior and forage intake by adult Anglo Nubian female goats.
Aline Mendes Ribeiro, Maria Elizabete de Oliveira, Patrícia Carvalho da Silva, Marcelo de Oliveira Alves Rufino, Marcônio Martins Rodrigues, Maurílio Souza dos Santos   +5 more
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Effect of Restricted Grazing Time on the Foraging Behavior and Movement of Tan Sheep Grazed on Desert Steppe [PDF]

Asian-Australasian Journal of Animal Sciences, 2013
To investigate the effect of restricted grazing time on behavior of Tan sheep on desert steppe, forty 4-months old male Tan sheep with an original body weight (BW) of 15.62±0.33 kg were randomly allocated to 4 grazing groups which corresponded to 4 ...
Yong Chen, Hailing Luo, Xueliang Liu, Zhenzhen Wang, Yuwei Zhang, Kun Liu, Lijuan Jiao, Yanfei Chang, Zhaoyun Zuo   +8 more
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Effects of full-time v . part-time grazing on seasonal changes in milk coagulation properties and fatty acid composition

, 2021
For this research communication our objective was to investigate to what extent milk coagu-lation properties and milk fatty acid (FA) composition were affected by different feeding sys-tems, season and their interaction.
Kunz, Carmen, Kreuzer, Michael, Akert, Franziska, Reidy, Beat   +3 more
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Comportamento ingestivo de novilhos de corte em pastagem de aveia preta e azevém com níveis distintos de folhas verdes Ingestive behaviour of beef steers grazing oat and Italian ryegrass pasture with different levels of green leaves

Ciência Rural, 2004
O objetivo deste trabalho foi avaliar como dois níveis distintos de biomassa de folhas verdes, representados por 350 e 600kg ha-1 de matéria seca de folhas verdes (MSFV) afetam o comportamento de novilhos de corte e sua taxa de bocados.
Naíme de Barcellos Trevisan, Fernando Luiz Ferreira de Quadros, Alexandre Coradini Fontoura da Silva, Duilio Guerra Bandinelli, Carlos Eduardo Nogueira Martins, Luis Felipe Cattani Simões, Adriano Rudi Maixner, Dario Rodrigo Fagundes Pires   +7 more
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Sward canopy structure and performance of beef heifers under supplementation in Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu pastures maintained with three grazing intensities in a continuous stocking system

Revista Brasileira de Zootecnia, 2011
The objective of this study was to assess the sward canopy structure of Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu pastures maintained in three grazing intensities under continuous stocking system during the rainy season, along with the behavior and performance of
Daniel Rume Casagrande, Ana Cláudia Ruggieri, Matheus Henrique Moretti, Telma Teresinha Berchielli, Bruno Ramalho Vieira, Anna Paula de Toledo Piza Roth, Ricardo Andrade Reis   +6 more
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